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The main concrete dam measures approximately 350 m (1,150 ft) and creates the Rajanganaya Reservoir, which has a catchment area of 76,863.60 hectares (189,934.1 acres) and a total storage capacity of 100.37 million cubic metres (3,545 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft). [1]
The Victoria Dam on 15 April 2011, three days after its 26th anniversary of opening Randenigala Dam in 2013 Upstream view of the Kotmale Dam Open spillways of the Rajanganaya Dam. Irrigation dams with a length and height of more than 100 m (330 ft) and 10 m (33 ft) are listed, including all the state-run hydroelectric power stations.
The Mavil Aru (Mother River) is a waterway that supplies water to some regions of eastern Sri Lanka.The closing of the sluice gates is considered to be the official beginning of the Eelam War IV although violence including skirmishes and bombings happened before.
The three large spillways of the dam. The Randenigala Dam is located 19 km (11.8 mi) downstream of the Victoria Dam, and 2.8 km (1.7 mi) upstream of the Rantembe Dam. Randenigala measures 94 m (308 ft) in height, 485 m (1,591 ft) in length, with a crest and base width of 10 m (33 ft) and 303 m (994 ft) respectively.
The Moragahakanda Dam, is a 65 m (213 ft) high gravity dam. The dam created the Moragahakanda Reservoir, which has an active storage capacity of 521,000,000 m 3 (1.84 × 10 10 cu ft) of water, [12] at a surface elevation of 185 m (607 ft). [13] Two additional embankment saddle dams will also be built to contain the Moragahakanda Reservoir.
Hatthikuchchi Archaeological Museum (also known as Rajanganaya Museum) is one of the archaeological museums in Hatthikuchchi, Sri Lanka. The museum has been categorised as a site museum. [ 2 ] It was built in 1990 at Tambutta, Mailewa area close to Haththikuchchi Vihara.
The battle of Palnadu (Palnati Yudham) was immortalized in Telugu literature by the poet Srinatha in his 'Palnati Vira Charita'. The only other scholarly book on the subject was written by Gene Roghair titled "Epic of Palnadu: Study and Translation of Palnati Virula Katha, a Telugu Oral Tradition from Andhra Pradesh".
After the construction of Kala Wewa was completed, the king built another tank called Balalu Wewa (Sinhala: බලලු වැව) nearby and connected the two tanks together, with the resulting combined tank being the largest in Sri Lanka. [2] King Mahinda II, who ruled the country from 777 to 797 CE, expanded the tank further.